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KNOW GOOD MUSIC Interviews LAURIE KAYE Laurie wrote a great book called "CONFESSIONS OF A ROCK N' ROLL NAME DROPPER : My life leading up to John Lennon's Last Interview. We talk to Laurie about her career in radio with the RKO NETWORK (KFRC) in the 7o's and some of the people she interviewed like David Bowie, Mick Jagger, George Harrison and of course, John Lennon who she interviewed on Dec 8th, 1...

Rob is joined today in the studio with his friend PAUL SUTT (Special Effects Master  / Actor / Film maker)  Our segments on the show today are: 1 - GIVE IT A LISTEN - SETH WALKER - WHY THE WORRY Seth Walker's new single was co-written with Oliver Wood (The Wood Brothers) and is a great start to the show. *** 2 - PAUL SUTT introdcution:  Rob and Paul talk about his new film HUNT CHASE KILL and what...

NEW PODCAST - SHOW 83  BOB DYLAN - A COMPLETE UNKNOWN Movie Bio Pic Review HOSTS: Rob & Matt ********* On this show we talk about the new BOB DYLAN Bio Pic "A COMPLETE UNKNOWN". Some weeks ago we went to see the movie in the theater. We talk about: 1 - The making of 2 - The concept for the movie 3 - Fact vs. fiction  and also genuinely what we thought of the movie and our take on some of the s...

ANGELA PETRILLI Interview (with Matt & Rob) Angela is an LA based guitarist who fronts her great band, "The Players" They most recently released a live version of Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter" which will most certainly blow you away! We talked to Angela about the Netflix documentary "Norman's Rare Guitars".  Angela is part of the documentary and she's a big part of Norman's Guitars with her "gui...

PAUL SIMON OH NO, LED ZEPPELIN OH YEAH ********* This is Rob's first SOLO podcast GIVE IT A LISTEN - Rob starts off with a new single by the band the CYNZ!  The song is "Heartbreak Time". MUSIC NEWS: Should Paul Simon tour?  Did Rob really buy Sabrina Carpenter's Polka Dot Dress? BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN : Rob does a short review of the new documentary MUSIC BIOGRAPHIES : Lallapaloosa / Abba / Sir Pa...

SHOW 81 with your hosts Rob & Matt GIVE IT A LISTEN - We start off with a sample of rising singer/songwriter AVERY LYNCH's brand new single "THINK ABOUT IT".   ALBUM ANNIVERSARIES - Matt covers the news while Rob goes over some album anniversaries from March of 75 / 85 / 95 and even one from 2000! RE-ISSUED ALBUMS coming out soon NEW RELEASES - What has Rob been listening to? ********* KNOW GO...

INTERVIEW with KURT REIL of the GRIPWEEDS! This is his 4th time he's been on the podcast and we talked about the Gripweeds new EP "Early Clues" Kurt goes over each of the new 3 songs in detail.   We also talk about the writing process for the Gripweeds, a little bit about the new album (coming out this summer) and we even somehow mention Bon Jovi.   I always love talking to Kurt and I joked that n...

Rob had the pleasure of interviewing Courtney Hadwin on Tuesday, Feb 17th. You might remember Courtney from 2018's America's Got Talent?   She has since released some singles and a Christmas song (in 2024) and now she's releasing the first single "spellbound" off her debut album!   No word on when her full length album (of all new material) will be out but Rob did try to get some info out of her.....

MUSIC SHOW 80 Once again special guest host (Jeremy Hirsch) joins Rob to talk about music and other things like Cyndi Lauper, his favorite band visigoth and more! ********* We start the show with a the new single "SPELLBOUND" from Courtney Hadwin from her upcoming first full length studio album! ALBUM ANNIVERSARIES - Jeremy 2 on the news for February 65/75/85 ... Rob goes over albums by HERMAN'S H...

SHOW 79 Special guest host (Jeremy Hirsch) joins Rob to talk about music, movies and ringo Just call Jeremy "JEREMY 2 : Electric Bugaloo" ********* We start the show with a brand new stripped down single "NOBODY'S GOT ME" from Jesse Daniel Edwards from his upcoming self-titled album MUSIC NEWS - Ringo's hate for Pizza, Nirvana Reunite, the Grammys, KISS, and Rob reveals his favorite actress MUSIC...

Our annual wrap up show reviewing our top 10 favorite albums of 2024! Listen for an exclusive message from MICK CONROY (bass player for MODERN ENGLISH) as he talks about the creation of their 2024 album 1-2-3-4 and some of the songs off the album. ALBUMS we cover are: WAXAHATCHEE - Tigers Blood KINGS OF LEON - Can We Please Have Fun HALSEY - The Great Impersonator IMAGINE DRAGONS - Loom IRON &...

ALBUM ROULETTE We've randomly picked 3 albums each from PASTE magazine's list of top 100 albums of 2024.   These are albums we are listening to for the first time and giving our honest opinions on. We review, critique and give our honest opinions on these 6 albums that we randomly were given through  a number generator: 1: DOECHII - Alligator Bites Never Heal (#99 paste) 2: MK.GEE - Two Star &...

NEW PODCAST - SHOW 76  with your hosts Rob and Jeremy First show of 2025! We start the show with GIVE IT A LISTEN and the song "rollercoaster" from the Australian Band and newly signed artist to the New Jersey Record Label JEM Records ... THE ON AND ONS! We then go into our year in review of all the music stuff that happend in 2024 Next we mention those music people who passed away in 2024 And the...

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL Review We are back in the recording studio for another Holiday Show! It's that time of year once again. Jeremy and Rob review one of the greatest versions of Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol". We go into how the movie came about, the scenes and also how many movies have been made based on this classic Christmas "ghost" Story? This is our 3rd Holiday show for December....

SHOW 74  THE HOLIDAY CHRISTMAS MUSIC SHOW!  It's that time of year once again. Today we mix our regular show with some Holiday themed segments 1 - GIVE IT A LISTEN - The Weeklings with Must Be Santa  (and Rob & Jeremy try some festive beers) 2 - Album Anniversaries 3 - Music News 4 - New Music Releases 5 - Music Holiday Gifts 6 - Top 10 Christmas Songs - Week of December 7th 7 - GIVE IT A LIST...

KNOW GOOD MUSIC Interviews GLEN BURTNIK Today rob interviews Glen Burtnik from The Weeklings! On November 29th the Weeklings released their first Christmas Album. 16 great Holiday tunes ... new songs and some old ones done in the Weeklings style (some are infused with Beatlesque verve and riffs) We also talk about Glen's time in Styx and writing the #1 song back in the 90s "Sometimes Love Just Ain...

KNOW GOOD MUSIC Interviews JADA STAR! Rob and Matt had a great beautiful conversation with JADA STAR  Jada wrote the new song THE ORCHARD and recorded it with Dolly Parton (who just happens to be her aunt). The song is on the newly released album DOLLY PARTON & FAMILY : SMOKEY MOUNTAIN DNA: Family, Faith and Fables. Dolly gave Jada her name when she was born and Jada started her career as a pe...

MUSIC MAGAZINE for November 2024   Join Rob & Jeremy for a whole lot of music talk!   SEGMENT 1: GIVE IT A LISTEN : LUCINDA WILLIAMS "SOMETHING" from her forthcoming album "Lucinda Williams sings the Beatles from Abbey Road"  (song used with permission from Jim Flammia / All Eyes Media) SEGMENT 2: MUSIC NEWS : AC/DC tour / Springsteen Movie / Making of Wicked and more! SEGMENT 3: NEW MUSIC REL...

SHOW 72 THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN MUSIC / BUG HORROR MOVIES This is our only Halloween Podcast for this month.   We're a little late but better late than never... On today's show Jeremy and Rob start off with THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN MUSIC Then they review 4 BUG HORROR Movies along with mention of the music / musical scores MIMIC PARASITE THE MIST ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES ********* KNOW GOOD MUS...

Daniel Roebuck has been in over 250+ (combined) TV SHOWS AND MOVIES LIKE : THE LOVEBOAT, THE FUGATIVE (w/Harrison ford), LOST, ROB ZOMBIE'S THE MUNSTERS and most recently he has appeared this year on 9-1-1 (in their 3 part season opener; earlier in the year) and the current #1 movie in America TERRIFIER 3! Daniel has wanted to be an actor since the age of 6. Daniel grew up near us in Bethlehem, PA...

SHOW 71 - BOURBON & BEYOND FESTIVAL (Kentucky) Today we start off with the new GRIPWEEDS song "Strange Bird" and end the show with Australian Band, The ON AND ONS new song "Long Ride". Then we go into some new music releases. The main subject is the BOURBON & BEYOND FESTIVAL.  Rob talks about his trip last week to Kentucky to see the Bourbon & Beyond Festival.  Rob goes over all the si...

INTERVIEW WITH LESLIE CAVENISH (hair cutter to the Beatles and other notable celebrities) ******* Leslie was the Beatles Hairdresser from 1967 to 1975 Leslie Cavendish left school at 15 years old, without any artistic qualifications to become a hairdresser. He worked for the iconic “’60s” hair stylist Vidal Sassoon. Leslie counted many of the stars of the day among his clients — including Keith Mo...

SHOW 70 - Know Good Music Podcast Magazine for SEPTEMBER 2024 WITH YOUR HOSTS ROB & JEREMY SEGMENT 1: GIVE IT A LISTEN : DOLLY PARTON / JADA STAR "THE ORCHARD" SEGMENT 2: SOUNDS FAMILIAR - MUSIC LYRIC TRIVIA SEGMENT 3: MUSIC NEWS SEGMENT 4: NEW MUSIC RELEASES SEGMENT 5: ALBUM ANNIVERSARIES & MUSIC NEWS FOR OCTOBER 1974 / 1984 / 1994 SEGMENT 6: GIVE IT A LISTEN : AUSTRALIAN SINGER/SONGWRITE...

This may be our first truly Themed Podcast THE CARS & SONGS ABOUT CARS! We start the podcast out with some of our favorite songs about CARS (Automobiles) Such as: One piece at a time - Johnny Cash Cruisin - Hewey Lewis and Gwenyth Paltrow Ole 55 - Tom Waits and Fun, Fun, Fun - The Beach Boys Just to name a few Then we go into a CARS quiz where Rob quizzes Jeremy on 10 CARS songs where he has t...

Know Good Music Podcast Magazine for AUGUST 2024 SEGMENT 1: GIVE IT A LISTEN : HAMISH ANDERSON'S "STIR CRAZY" SEGMENT 2: WHAT HAVE ROB & JEREMY BEEN UP TO LATELY?  JEREMY HAS 3 CONCERTS TO TALK ABOUT SEGMENT 3: MUSIC NEWS SEGMENT 4: FOOD & MUSIC (ELVIS) SEGMENT 5: ALBUM ANNIVERSARIES & MUSIC NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER 1964, 1974, 1984 & 1994! SEGMENT 6: GIVE IT A LISTEN : CHRIS SLADE TIMEL...